1999–2000 St. Louis Blues season

1999–2000 St. Louis Blues
Presidents' Trophy Winners
Central Division Champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	1st Western
1999–2000 record	51-19-11-1
Goals for	248
Goals against	165
Team information
General Manager	Larry Pleau
Coach	Joel Quenneville
Captain	Chris Pronger
Arena	Kiel Center
Team leaders
<1998–99	2000–01>

The 1999-2000 St. Louis Blues season was the 33rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.

The Blues qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the 21st consecutive season, with a record of 51 wins, 19 losses, eleven ties and one overtime loss (114 points), and won the Central Division title, and the President's Trophy for the best point total in the NHL during the regular season. It was their first division title since the 1986–87 season, when the won the Norris Division, and their last until the 2011-12 season.

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	1	St. Louis Blues	82	51	19	11	1	248	165	1139	114
2	4	Detroit Red Wings	82	48	22	10	2	278	210	1014	108
3	11	Chicago Blackhawks	82	33	37	10	2	242	245	1444	78
4	13	Nashville Predators	82	28	40	7	7	199	240	946	70

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 2, 1999	1–2	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	0–1–0–0
2	L	October 4, 1999	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	0–2–0–0
3	W	October 6, 1999	4–1	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	1–2–0–0
4	W	October 9, 1999	4–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	2–2–0–0
5	L	October 13, 1999	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	2–3–0–0
6	W	October 16, 1999	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	3–3–0–0
7	W	October 19, 1999	7–1	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	4–3–0–0
8	W	October 21, 1999	3–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	5–3–0–0
9	W	October 23, 1999	3–1	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	6–3–0–0
10	L	October 27, 1999	1–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	6–4–0–0
11	W	October 30, 1999	5–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	7–4–0–0
12	L	November 3, 1999	0–5	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	7–5–0–0
13	W	November 5, 1999	2–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	8–5–0–0
14	W	November 7, 1999	6–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	9–5–0–0
15	L	November 9, 1999	2–5	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	9–6–0–0
16	T	November 12, 1999	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	9–6–1–0
17	W	November 13, 1999	5–3	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	10–6–1–0
18	W	November 17, 1999	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	11–6–1–0
19	W	November 18, 1999	3–0	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	12–6–1–0
20	T	November 20, 1999	1–1 OT	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	12–6–2–0
21	W	November 22, 1999	3–2 OT	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	13–6–2–0
22	L	November 24, 1999	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	13–7–2–0
23	W	November 26, 1999	2–0	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	14–7–2–0
24	W	November 27, 1999	8–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	15–7–2–0
25	W	December 2, 1999	3–1	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	16–7–2–0
26	W	December 4, 1999	4–2	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	17–7–2–0
27	L	December 5, 1999	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	17–8–2–0
28	L	December 7, 1999	2–4	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	17–9–2–0
29	W	December 10, 1999	4–2	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	18–9–2–0
30	W	December 11, 1999	4–2	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	19–9–2–0
31	T	December 14, 1999	1–1 OT	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	19–9–3–0
32	W	December 18, 1999	4–0	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	20–9–3–0
33	W	December 21, 1999	6–0	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	21–9–3–0
34	T	December 23, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	21–9–4–0
35	L	December 26, 1999	2–3	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	21–10–4–0
36	L	December 27, 1999	1–5	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	21–11–4–0
37	W	December 30, 1999	2–1 OT	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	22–11–4–0
38	T	January 1, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	22–11–5–0
39	W	January 3, 2000	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	23–11–5–0
40	T	January 4, 2000	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	23–11–6–0
41	W	January 6, 2000	4–3	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	24–11–6–0
42	W	January 8, 2000	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	25–11–6–0
43	W	January 11, 2000	5–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	26–11–6–0
44	W	January 13, 2000	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	27–11–6–0
45	L	January 14, 2000	1–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	27–12–6–0
46	L	January 19, 2000	1–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	27–13–6–0
47	W	January 21, 2000	3–0	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	28–13–6–0
48	L	January 22, 2000	1–4	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	28–14–6–0
49	W	January 26, 2000	4–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	29–14–6–0
50	W	January 28, 2000	3–1	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	30–14–6–0
51	W	January 29, 2000	4–0	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	31–14–6–0
52	W	February 1, 2000	5–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	32–14–6–0
53	W	February 3, 2000	5–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	33–14–6–0
54	W	February 8, 2000	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	34–14–6–0
55	L	February 10, 2000	0–2	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	34–15–6–0
56	W	February 12, 2000	6–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	35–15–6–0
57	W	February 15, 2000	4–1	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	36–15–6–0
58	W	February 18, 2000	2–1	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	37–15–6–0
59	W	February 21, 2000	4–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	38–15–6–0
60	W	February 23, 2000	4–1	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	39–15–6–0
61	W	February 25, 2000	4–2	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	40–15–6–0
62	L	February 27, 2000	1–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	40–16–6–0
63	W	February 29, 2000	3–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	41–16–6–0
64	W	March 2, 2000	5–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	42–16–6–0
65	T	March 4, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	42–16–7–0
66	W	March 7, 2000	4–0	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	43–16–7–0
67	T	March 9, 2000	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	43–16–8–0
68	T	March 11, 2000	1–1 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	43–16–9–0
69	L	March 12, 2000	2–4	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	43–17–9–0
70	W	March 15, 2000	5–3	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	44–17–9–0
71	W	March 17, 2000	4–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	45–17–9–0
72	W	March 20, 2000	2–1	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	46–17–9–0
73	W	March 22, 2000	2–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	47–17–9–0
74	W	March 24, 2000	5–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	48–17–9–0
75	T	March 26, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	48–17–10–0
76	L	March 29, 2000	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	48–18–10–0
77	W	March 30, 2000	3–2	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	49–18–10–0
78	T	April 1, 2000	0–0 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	49–18–11–0
79	W	April 2, 2000	4–1	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	50–18–11–0
80	W	April 5, 2000	6–5	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	51–18–11–0
81	L	April 7, 2000	3–4 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	51–18–11–1
82	L	April 9, 2000	1–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	51–19–11–1

Playoffs

• The #1 seed Blues were defeated in seven games by the #8 seed San Jose Sharks in the first round.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra	LW	71	28	47	75	8	34	8	0	4
Turgeon, PierrePierre Turgeon	C	52	26	40	66	8	30	8	0	3
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger	D	79	14	48	62	92	52	8	0	3
Handzus, MichalMichal Handzus	C	81	25	28	53	44	19	3	4	5
Young, ScottScott Young	RW	75	24	15	39	18	12	6	1	7
Bartecko, LubosLubos Bartecko	LW	67	16	23	39	51	24	3	0	3
MacInnis, AlAl MacInnis	D	61	11	28	39	34	20	6	0	7
Eastwood, MikeMike Eastwood	C	79	19	15	34	32	5	1	3	3
Hecht, JochenJochen Hecht	LW	63	13	21	34	28	20	5	0	1
Conroy, CraigCraig Conroy	C	79	12	15	27	36	5	1	2	3
Richer, StephaneStephane Richer	RW	36	8	17	25	14	7	4	0	1
Reirden, ToddTodd Reirden	D	56	4	21	25	32	18	0	0	1
Reasoner, MartyMarty Reasoner	C	32	10	14	24	20	9	3	0	0
Pellerin, ScottScott Pellerin	LW	80	8	15	23	48	9	0	2	2
Mayers, JamalJamal Mayers	RW	79	7	10	17	90	0	0	0	0
Nash, TysonTyson Nash	LW	66	4	9	13	150	6	0	1	1
Yake, TerryTerry Yake	C	26	4	9	13	22	2	2	0	2
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	D	52	2	8	10	12	-4	0	0	1
Finley, JeffJeff Finley	D	74	2	8	10	38	26	0	0	2
King, DerekDerek King	LW	19	2	7	9	6	0	1	0	0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	81	1	8	9	75	27	0	0	0
Persson, RicardRicard Persson	D	41	0	8	8	38	-2	0	0	0
Nagy, LadislavLadislav Nagy	LW	11	2	4	6	2	2	1	0	0
Courtnall, GeoffGeoff Courtnall	LW	6	2	2	4	6	3	0	0	1
Bassen, BobBob Bassen	C	27	1	3	4	26	-3	0	0	0
Helmer, BryanBryan Helmer	D	15	1	1	2	10	-3	1	0	1
McAlpine, ChrisChris McAlpine	D	21	1	1	2	14	1	0	0	0
Rheaume, PascalPascal Rheaume	C	7	1	1	2	6	-2	0	0	0
Chase, KellyKelly Chase	RW	25	0	1	1	118	-5	0	0	0
Turek, RomanRoman Turek	G	67	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Bekar, DerekDerek Bekar	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Campbell, JimJim Campbell	RW	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
McLennan, JamieJamie McLennan	G	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Poeschek, RudyRudy Poeschek	RW/D	12	0	0	0	24	-3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Turek, RomanRoman Turek	3960	67	42	15	9	129	1.95	7	1470	1341	.912
McLennan, JamieJamie McLennan	1009	19	9	5	2	33	1.96	2	341	308	.903
Team:	4969	82	51	20	11	162	1.96	9	1811	1649	.911

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hecht, JochenJochen Hecht	LW	7	4	6	10	2	1	1	0	1
Young, ScottScott Young	RW	6	6	2	8	8	1	3	0	0
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger	D	7	3	4	7	32	0	2	0	2
Turgeon, PierrePierre Turgeon	C	7	0	7	7	0	-2	0	0	0
MacInnis, AlAl MacInnis	D	7	1	3	4	14	-1	1	0	0
Mayers, JamalJamal Mayers	RW	7	0	4	4	2	1	0	0	0
Reasoner, MartyMarty Reasoner	C	7	2	1	3	4	3	1	0	0
Handzus, MichalMichal Handzus	C	7	0	3	3	6	-2	0	0	0
Bartecko, LubosLubos Bartecko	LW	7	1	1	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Eastwood, MikeMike Eastwood	C	7	1	1	2	6	-2	0	0	0
Nagy, LadislavLadislav Nagy	LW	6	1	1	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Conroy, CraigCraig Conroy	C	7	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
Finley, JeffJeff Finley	D	7	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Nash, TysonTyson Nash	LW	6	1	0	1	24	-1	0	0	0
Persson, RicardRicard Persson	D	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Richer, StephaneStephane Richer	RW	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	7	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	D	7	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Reirden, ToddTodd Reirden	D	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Pellerin, ScottScott Pellerin	LW	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Turek, RomanRoman Turek	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Turek, RomanRoman Turek	415	7	3	4	19	2.75	0	161	142	.882
Team:	415	7	3	4	19	2.75	0	161	142	.882

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and Records

• Presidents' Trophy for best regular season record in the NHL
• Chris Pronger, Hart Trophy (Most Valuable Player)

References

• Blues on Hockey Database